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Michèle Flournoy takes a powder
I know I predicted that Michèle Flournoy would be the next Secretary of Defense, but the Washington Post says that she took her name out of the running, because anyone with a measure of common sense doesn’t want to get their fingerprints on that train wreck; Flournoy, who co-founded the Center for a New American […]
My prediction for SecDef; Michèle Flournoy
It’s not that I’m all that smart, that I make this prediction, but reading Michèle Flournoy’s bio, she falls right in line with the President and she’d be a rubber stamp for him. According to the Washington Post in their rundown of candidates, she is the CEO of the Center for a New American Security, […]
Hagel to step down? Already?
The broadcast news is reporting without any details that Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is stepping down fro that position. Jennifer Griffin on Fox News reports that he tendered his resignation to the President this morning and that they mutually agreed. He never should have been the SecDef. His service in Vietnam was enviable, but […]
Hagel; more women dying in combat is their civil right
Stars & Stripes reports that Chuck Hagel, the Secretary of Defense told women Marines at Camp Lejeune, NC that it’s their civil right to die in combat alongside men. Well, he didn’t quite say it that way, I’m just helping him clarify his position; He noted that individuals who weren’t white and male were long […]
Gates: It was the micromanagement that drove me crazy
Robert Gates and Leon Panetta, both former Obama Administration Defense Secretaries tag-teamed the president at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation on Saturday, complaining that the White House wouldn’t listen to the advice they got from the Pentagon; “Because of that centralization of authority at the White House, there are too few voices that are being […]
Hagel: US “accelerating” training of Iraqis
The Associated Press reports that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, a former infantry sergeant who should know better, told reporters that US advisers in Iraq are accelerating the training of Iraqi and peshmerga troops who will fight against ISIS/ISISL/Islamic State forces; Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says the U.S. military is accelerating its efforts to train and […]
Hagel defends 21-day quarantine for troops
TSO sends us a link from USAToday which reports Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s explanation for exceeding the Center for Disease Control’s guidelines for the quarantine of people returning from West Africa after dealing with the Ebola outbreak. Hagel earlier this week signed off on the recommendation from the Joint Chiefs of Staff that goes beyond […]
Pentagon Force Protection Agency warns military members of ISIS
Chief Tango sends us a link to the Washington Times which reports that the Pentagon Force Protection Agency has issued a warning to service members about their public behavior in light of the attack on a guard at the Canadian War Memorial last week; “Recent threats, revealed through various intelligence and law enforcement sources, indicate […]
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